St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

| Long Too is the somewhat express.
I've name Of an inmate Of the Neyad,
penitentiary.
A cabbage two feet through ana
weighing forty pounds ELECTS compli.
mentary notices from the Californis
press.
1t is now proposed TO make the Los
Angeles river. California. navigable BY
the construction of series of locks.
Natural gas acerimulating in the
stove in Pittsburgh public school ex-
ploded the other day without hurting
any one. but the children all gained !
half holiday
A Rochester On. W lad. who had
been stealing newspapers from door
steps for some time past. was recently
sentenced to six months in the peniten-
tiary.
A process by which leaves NAV be
preserved on the stem and retain indefi
niteiy their fresh. natural appearance
Is said to have been devised bv q Yam
kce college professor. ~ Y. Sun.
| In the country: .And is the air
healthy in this village?" Excellent.
Monsieur, excellent. One can become
a centeDsrian here in little while.''-
| French Fua.
A few days ago. Is = IN N. inist in
the south Florida railroad car-shops at
| Sanford was making some repairs on
his engine. he was confronted by =
| gFound RATHER which had crawled into 3
iung-bolt hole to keep out of the wet.
Over 1000 tons of rock were
iuarried from the phosphate beds near
Charleston. 5. c.. last year. all but
1l.oO0 tons OF which were shipped to
foreign points. The State receives a
royalty Of one dollar . ton removed.
Edward NJ. Knox. of New York. is
afflicted with the ownership of mon-
ster emerald weighing eighteen carats
1t knocks the spots out Of the best.
known emeralds in Europe. and has
made all the connoisseurs of gems turn
green with envy.-N y. Tribune.
A Rockland ME. man who played
The part OF pirate in . drama one
evening recently entered so heartily
into the spirit of the occasion that
when it came his turn to be stabbed
and to fall down he fell so violently rs
to break his sh0ulder-bone
A demented colored boy was dis.
covered living in cave in the vicinity
or Radnor. Delaware County. His
squalid quarters we're in filthy condi-
ton. being strcwn with ears Of corn.
turnip skins and apple cores. He was
nearly furnished, and was at once re-
moved to the asylum ut Media.-N Y.
Herald.
Several influential citizens of Al
bany, n. T., have taken steps toward
the organization Of historical society.
having for one of its objects the estab-
lishment and maintenance of perma-
nent museum in which all objects OF
his trical or artistic interest pertaining
to Albany may have = permanent
home.
-Jack-rabbit hunting is favorite
pastimc in Idaho. BY Territorial
law the county treasurer of each coun-
t. pays bounty of five cents for tho
ears 0: each rabbit. The cost Of kill
ing rabbit is about one and one-half
cents. leaving clear profit of three
and one-half cents. In some parts of
the Territory there are people engaged
in the exclusive occupation Of killing
these pests.
The supervisors authorized the
town treasurer at Madison. N. Y, to
pay a bounty of ten cents for the kill
ing of ground hogs. Recently. while
the treasurer was away from home.
his wife paid bounties on one thousand
four hundred and ninety chipmunks
whose tails were presented rs certiti-
Gates by crowd of boys. The treas
urer is now eadeavoring to collect
$40 from the boys parents. -BValo
Courier
The Auaheim (Cal.) Gazette re-
lates remarkable stories of the strength
of an animal, unknown in that section
Of the country. that has recently made
lis appearance, and is proving q terror
to hog-Owners. According to the
fd-ette it carried of two hogs. at differ
ent times. weighing about seventy and
one hundred pounds respectively. On
another occasion 8 hog weighing over
2oO pounds was killed. but only par
tally carried of A bounty of 800 is
offered for the capture of the animal.
A small dog fell into vat of tan
ming liquid in a new London tanncry
and was likely to drown, for it was at
night and the building was closed.
But in swimming around he found a
peg about six feet long that stops the
hole in the bottom of the vat. where
the liquid is drawn of. and his en-
deavors to perch on the top Of the peg
loosened it 80 that it popped out of the
hole Then the liquid ran out and the
dog was found the next morning shiv- |
ering on the bottom of the empty vat. |
No one saw all this. but the circum-
stantial evidence is strongly In favor Of |
the explanation. -Hartto1d Post.
A lady in Jamestown, Can, re-
Gently obtained judgment against =
creditor for $40. and had an cxecu-
ton issued against the goods of the de- |
PENDANT. A local bailiff made seizure
of the goods. which it is said did not
approach in value the amount of the |
claim. Afterward he released the
goods. as he claims. on the verbal in
structions of the lady. pending settle
ment. The lady denied that she gave
any such instructions, and when the |
bailiff went again for the goods they |
were not to be found The lady there
fore sued the official for the full
amount OF the claim and obtained judy
ment az linst him.
A Boston man tells how few in E.
gland understand American English.
Il had not been in Liverpool an hour"
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